Phase 3: Profit !

Thoughts and Blogs

Another week

Blogosphere

One-Copper.com

Seth got a new site Good for him, I really like the theme and layout, and I expect with higher degree of freedom on the site, we’ll had more interesting thing going on there…
And the podcast, now that’s one is great, Although he did a little nervous on his first one, I guess tonight’s one will be great, Keep it on, Seth!

That’s remind me the time I get my own domain name. Someone told me that, I am so lucky that I can get a domain with my own name. It’s kinda reverse, I get people call me Zekta, after I got Zekta.com . A shorthand for my original 8-letter long net-name. My parent and friend call my Chinese name (and other nick name) anyway.
Uniqueness is what I am looking for when I am creating this name. So that Google will rank me higher for anyone who look for me (If anyone ever wanted to).

JMTC IRC

JMTC IRC, what’s more exciting than that… I feel so noob after I listen to the chat with some giant in JMTC forum.

A slip of thought pass thru my mind that I wonder if I should keep blogging. Nan, They really should start blogging, but until then, I am safe . (finger crossed) But then I’ll have great blog to read, That would be nice too, that’s okay…

My Business

Aka Time to Cut loss

The Arctic Fur and Titan Changes interrupted my purchase plan. Now, I got 3 set of Arctic Fur and some Titan Steel to unload. Should able to get them out before the 3.3 patch.

I get my hand on two epic BOE dropped in Ulduar, and I got no use of it. I noticed that the price drop when the new raid CD refresh (New supply I guess) I’ll keep that until Sat-Sun….

I really got not much to said about business and gold making lately. (Got tons of ideas from IRC chat though…)

My Raid

aka Gold Pugs are Loverly!

I Bought 2×245 upgrade from 25 ToC Normal. For 1k each. The Trinket and Main Hand sold for 6k each, I should get my hand on that next time. But since it’s my first bidding, I should test the water before jumping in. A side note, The [item]Trophy of the Crusade[/item] Sold for 4k each.

At the end of the pug, each person got 2.2k. Which my net payment is 200g (it’s more like wage than profit, since I worked for it) With gemming and enchant, it’s even. (I am not using epic gem, since it’s 100% price, but only get 10-20% increase in stats)

I would said it’s even better than a “roll pug”. Chances of getting upgrade much lower (and Much inefficient), since rival-role player will roll on a minor upgrade, since it cost them nothing.

Note-to-self: I should talk more about gold-pug later on.
That’s a “short” update for this week
Happy Hallow End

The Problem

No, not that –> [item]Advanced Target Dummy[/item] < — ….

It’s those Dummies those Dpser enjoy hitting.
Why there aren’t any Dummies for Healer and Tank…
No, I am not accepting technology excuse for that.

Reason #1328: Why Healing is hard
I can’t learn or test out my healing spec without risking people’s life.
And, Even in real time action, it’ll probably like feeling rather than an experimental result.

“Heal someone, or heal youself for the HPS.” Some might suggest
This is not working, take shaman as example
1. Blessing of Eternal : Chance earthliving become 100% (When Target at low health)
2. Chain Heal stop when there is no target in range
3. Ancestral Awakening: Heal some one in 40 yard range, effective noone!

And, where can I learn about healing?
5 man heroic is a piece of cake, since everyone is outgearing them
And In raid, there always are some outgeared healer around.
Also I am well aware how some skill combo each other, I just need to learn that as a reflex…

The Solution

The only solution so far, is : M&S…
/yay finally got an use of them

I can keep up the group with 1-2 M&S, which effectively leeching my mana, for healing those unnecceasrry damage and over pulling couple of trash together.

Carrying M&S is the only option for healer to face any difficulties hard enough for them to earn that skill.
While I avoid meeting M&S at all cost, Running PUG Heroic Daily designated you meet such situation once a week.

QQ: Blizzard, please give us some dummy to heal. So that we can work out our “rotation” or talents.

I am not called "Healer"

From the Boring Heroic PUG, this song run through my head couples of time
(In my own version of lyrics of course)

Healer – That’s Not My Name

They call me ‘Heal’
They call me ‘Resto’
They call me ‘her’
They call me ‘Res’
That’s not my name
That’s not my name
That’s not my name
That’s not my name

They call me ‘Healbot’
But I’ve got my Totem
‘Resto Shaman’ / ‘Hero-i-sm’
Always the same
That’s not my name
That’s not my name
That’s not my name
That’s not my name

I miss the heal if they hit me at all
I’m the first kid getting into the group
Keep up, falling, these heals they keep me boring
Getting Earthshield up and standing at the back now

So alone all the time at back
Charge up blue bars
Listen to me, I’m OOM
Although I’m dry up, out and all with
Everything considered they forget my name
(ame, ame, ame)

This is a rant post. (You had been warned)

Last Tuesday, I was running a Hall of Lightning with a PuG

Our team was cutting through the mob,
And eager to revenge for Thorium.

The Tank was doing a decent job; the dpsers were doing a nice job as well…
Everything was fine, except the healer was doing nothing,
Not even a single heal was tossed to the group.

Desperately for their ally to fill up their green bar,
They wait and wait, but none of the prayer had a respond…
And the group was slaughtered by the angry boss again and again…

Was the healer pissed off by the group?
Oh, wait; I was the restro shaman…

I was the healer…

Why I would do that to my group mates, Isn’t I a horrible person to do that?
What was I doing?

Because I was staring the god damn loading screen
When my client keep dc me!

This is the most horrible dc happened to me…
(The last on is dc when we’re fighting Thaddius in Naxx)

The most horrible part is…
When I cast Res, I dc…

When we start aggro the boss, I dc…
Not a moment before, but by the time the boss is aggro ed

Last Act

The last sequence of the Hall of Lightning that night
1. Tank asked if I am okay
2. I reply “Okay So far”
3. He pull
4. I dc
5. Loading screen
6. Bodies on ground…

The group found a replacement for my position,
After apologies, I leave the group…
With guilty and emptiness… (Not very goblin of me on this)

As a Geek

The DC wave had stroked Larisa, Gnomeaggedon,
And now its Aggro table turned to me

I would convinced myself that this isn’t my fault
(It’s the goddamn computer/patch/software)

But as a computer geek myself, I find that unacceptable.
I already did some virus scanning and system config,
Clean up the dust inside, double checked every cable.
I even installed a new network card

Finger Crossed

Now
I removed my WTF (Who on earth in Blizzard think up this name anyway?),
WDB folder and Add-on now…

Update: it didn’t ruin my first raid, hopefully it had go away now….